The Shemwell Family

John Edward RaganAge: 77 years19141991

Name
John Edward Ragan
Given names
John Edward
Surname
Ragan
Birth January 5, 1914 26 24
Death of a sisterMabel Virginia Ragan
January 14, 1915 (Age 12 months)

Birth of a brotherDallas James Ragan
June 21, 1916 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 months)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 3 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Birth of a brotherJasper Carlton “Carl” Ragan
December 28, 1933 (Age 19 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Isaac Ragan
April 14, 1934 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a paternal grandmotherHannah Adams
August 10, 1949 (Age 35 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a sisterArdith Ragan
January 28, 1965 (Age 51 years)
Death of a motherLillie May Bumgarner
January 27, 1973 (Age 59 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a fatherJasper Greenlee Ragan
April 13, 1978 (Age 64 years)
Death November 12, 1991 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mabel United Methodist Church Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: 1906
2 years
elder sister
Ardith Ragan
Birth: February 12, 1908 20 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 28, 1965Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder sister
4 years
himself
John Edward Ragan
Birth: January 5, 1914 26 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 12, 1991Yuma, Arizona, United States
3 years
younger brother
Dallas James Ragan
Birth: June 21, 1916 28 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 7, 1997Virginia, United States
18 years
younger brother
Jasper Carlton “Carl” Ragan
Birth: December 28, 1933 46 44Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 9, 2012